mention WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@15873 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index aa4c3338fd712472e4c7a10489bcb6e11fea78b0..975226a840e9f764de997d8c216971c59790eab6 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 2.2.x
     paying attention to the most important changes which are marked
     with '!' in the first column.
 
+    Also please note that you should ensure that WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2
+    is defined to 1 if you wish to retain maximal compatibility with 2.2
+    series -- however you are also strongly encouraged to try to compile
+    your code without this define as it won't be default any longer in
+    2.6 release.
+
+
 wxBase:
 
 ! wxArray<T>::Remove(size_t) has been removed to fix compilation problems
@@ -38,6 +45,7 @@ wxBase:
   must modify YourApp::OnAssert() signature if you were using it to override
   the default assert handling.
 
+
 All (GUI):
 
 ! the event type constants are not constants any more but are dynamically
@@ -84,6 +92,10 @@ All (GUI):
   parent specified is NULL, use wxDIALOG_NO_PARENT style to prevent this
   from happening
 
+- several obsolete synonyms are only retained in WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_2 mode:
+  for example, use wxScrolledWindow::GetViewStart() now instead of ViewStart()
+  and GetCount() instead of Number() in many classes
+
 
 wxMSW: